Raymond St. Elmo
Life... is a cold tomb, Charles. We are but dust in the wind of a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. I mean the tale is full of sound and fury; not the idiot. No, he's full of elegant and eloquent quiet. Look at that face! It says 'behold a saint of literary expression and patience, even revelation'.
Just, you know, still an idiot.
Just, you know, still an idiot.
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Chris Hunter
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Raymond St. Elmo:
Most prolific authors do not exhibit anything near your stylistic flair, command of language, and attention to detail. Indeed, you seem to be an outlier in your ability to produce multiple volumes of very refined prose in a short period of time. How have you managed to be prolific and refined at the same time? Does it have to do with working outside of the trappings of the traditional publishing industry?
Steve Kimmins
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Raymond St. Elmo:
Do you ‘polish’ your drafts much? This curiosity follows from another question about your prose being exceptionally good, so the effort required interests me! Is it mostly there in your first draft, or is there agony getting there? I have no literary talent but when I wrote technical reports at work I could never resist ‘polishing’ though mostly to correct poor grammar rather than add any witty insights about Life.
Jonathan
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Raymond St. Elmo:
One of the things I love about your novels is the imbedded flash fiction, for example, the student essays in Elysium, or the weird little decrypted fairy tales in The Origin of Birds. So, two questions . . . are you a fan of Donald Barthelme, by any chance, and have you ever thought about writing a collection of flash fiction stories?
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Oct 21, 2019 02:55PM